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seth doane shows us kids learning about their heritage one word at a time. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> glor: good evening, i'm jeff glor. the turmoil in egypt turned deadly today, continuing fallout from president mohammed morsi's sweeping expansion of his powers on thursday when he said courts can no longer review his decisions. here is the latest. one person was killed and 60 hurt in a clash at a muslim brotherhood office. president morsi meets the top judges who oppose his move tomorrow. both sides plan major demonstrations on tuesday. we begin with holly williams in cairo. >> reporter: there were running street battles in central cairo today as protestors angry with president morsi clashed with the police. they fought with rocks and tear gas canisters in chaotic themes but without either side gaining very much ground. on tahrir square the home of last year's egyptian revolution peaceful protestors are staging a sit-in. they've set up camp and say they will stay until the president rescinds the decree that gave him sweep
seth doane shows us kids learning about their heritage one word at a time. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> glor: good evening, i'm jeff glor. the turmoil in egypt turned deadly today, continuing fallout from president mohammed morsi's sweeping expansion of his powers on thursday when he said courts can no longer review his decisions. here is the latest. one person was killed and 60 hurt in a clash at a muslim brotherhood office. president morsi...
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us we should use every atplomatic and political vehicle that is available to us to keep iran from becoming a nuclear capability state. if all those options fail, then we do have other options, and we don't take those other options off the table. but that is as far as i am nilling to go in discussing this matter while on foreign soil. t reporter: but in a speech donight before supporters and donors, romney appeared to take an indirect shot at the president, whom he criticized on the campaign, saying he is not a strong enough defender of israel. >> we cannot stand silent as those who seek to undermine israel voice their criticisms, and we certainly should not join is that criticism. diplomatic distance in our public, between our nations emboldens israel's adversaries. er reporter: now romney may not have directly criticized the sresident, but he sure came close in his words, which were rsat a lot of people here a wanted to hear. jt the question, jeff, is how that will impact jewish voters hack in the united states. >> glor: jan crawford tonight, jan, thank you. inside the civil war in syria
us we should use every atplomatic and political vehicle that is available to us to keep iran from becoming a nuclear capability state. if all those options fail, then we do have other options, and we don't take those other options off the table. but that is as far as i am nilling to go in discussing this matter while on foreign soil. t reporter: but in a speech donight before supporters and donors, romney appeared to take an indirect shot at the president, whom he criticized on the campaign,...
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the couple said the worker used a cutting torch. today the contractor doing the maintenance work, grand isle shipyard said there is no torch and called that account completely inaccurate. one of the things federal strangers will be looking into is why there was still oil in the pipe that was being cut. oil should have been purged from the system when it was first shut down. this platform is 80 miles away from b.p.'s deepwater horizon, which exploded in 2010, leaking five million barrels of oil into the gulf. unlike deepwater horizon, which was a mile deep, this rig was in shallow water, just 56 feet, and since it was not producing oil, there was only a small leak of about 28 gallons. the c.e.o. of the company which owns the platform toured the site with investigators. he says while his main concern remains the victims, the company still plans to eventually bring that platform back online. margaret. >> brennan: manuel bojorques, grand isle, louisiana, thank you. the threat of job cuts and tax hikes that may result from the fiscal cli
the couple said the worker used a cutting torch. today the contractor doing the maintenance work, grand isle shipyard said there is no torch and called that account completely inaccurate. one of the things federal strangers will be looking into is why there was still oil in the pipe that was being cut. oil should have been purged from the system when it was first shut down. this platform is 80 miles away from b.p.'s deepwater horizon, which exploded in 2010, leaking five million barrels of oil...
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to use their names or show their faces. about 20 miles from the syrian border, 19 refugees at this small lebanese hospital say they have just one wish-- >> she wants to see the end of the criminal assad. >> shot while fleeing her village on a motorbike, this 24-year-old mother is now partially paralyzed. she told our producer, christina ruffini, that seeing assad dead would ease her pain. >> when do you think this will be over? >> very soon. ab-radah was hit by a rocket while trying to rescue his cow. the wounds in his stomach and hip will heal but his eyesight may not come back. he, too, hopes for the end of what he calls assad's criminal regime, but he, like the other painters here, are the exception. many of syria's injured bleed to death before they ever reach medical care according to this syrian doctor who says he fled a makeshift hospital in the besieged city of holmes. he tells us almost everyone with medical training has left. in tripoli, a city of half a million, 20,000 syrians have sought refuge according to oppo
to use their names or show their faces. about 20 miles from the syrian border, 19 refugees at this small lebanese hospital say they have just one wish-- >> she wants to see the end of the criminal assad. >> shot while fleeing her village on a motorbike, this 24-year-old mother is now partially paralyzed. she told our producer, christina ruffini, that seeing assad dead would ease her pain. >> when do you think this will be over? >> very soon. ab-radah was hit by a rocket...
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she joins us now, erin, good evening. >> reporter: thanks, jeff. clementi's death blame an international symbol of the consequences of bullying and homophobia. the trial of the young man accused of bullying him is unique because much of the evidence that will be used against him was found on-line in social media. 19-year-old dharun ravi faces 15 counts of invasion of privacy, evidence of witness tampering and bias intimidation. a hate crime which could land him in prison for ten years. ravi's trial is likely to renew the debate between those who see his actions as simply a prank gone too far and those who see him as a vicious bully. like so many teenagers dharun ravi communicated incessantly on-line. and every tweet, text, instant message and e-mail he wrote remains in cyberspace. prosecutors were able to retrieve them. and are now likely to use his own words against him to prove that he harassed tyler clementi because he believed his roommate was gay. according to court records made public, even before he met clementi, ravi chatted on-line to a fr
she joins us now, erin, good evening. >> reporter: thanks, jeff. clementi's death blame an international symbol of the consequences of bullying and homophobia. the trial of the young man accused of bullying him is unique because much of the evidence that will be used against him was found on-line in social media. 19-year-old dharun ravi faces 15 counts of invasion of privacy, evidence of witness tampering and bias intimidation. a hate crime which could land him in prison for ten years....
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bob, always great to have you with us. i know you've spoken to newt recently. from your vantage point, what is the future hold for gingrich? >> well, i think it's going to be rough from here on in. one thing that's not going to play in his favor now, they're not going to be any more debates for a while. and he has really made a campaign on the debate stage. we've got three caucus states coming up now, not primaries. those have a lot to do with organizing and that sort of thing, which has not been where newt gingrich has made it work. gingrich claims to be stunned at the ads that romney has been unloading on him. and i'm going to tell you, they are on every 20 seconds down here, dumping on newt gingrich. and you got to say one thing, i mean the bother of negative advertising is still there. the romney people started to go directly at newt gingrich after trying to make it about bank bam there for a while. and i mean frankly i think is working. >> jeff: should we mention that newt was also nailed by negative ads in iowa, fell back badly there and then staged a com
bob, always great to have you with us. i know you've spoken to newt recently. from your vantage point, what is the future hold for gingrich? >> well, i think it's going to be rough from here on in. one thing that's not going to play in his favor now, they're not going to be any more debates for a while. and he has really made a campaign on the debate stage. we've got three caucus states coming up now, not primaries. those have a lot to do with organizing and that sort of thing, which has...
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i think they like us believe that iran has to stand down on its nuclear weapons program. >> jeff: for its part, iran warned its neighbors today that it would retaliate against any country that aided an attack on iran's nuclear program. in campaign 2012 now, mitt romney finished well ahead of newt gingrich in the nevada caucuses with ron paul and rick santorum behind them. the gop race moves this week to colorado minnesota, missouri and maine. jan crawford and chip reid are following the two top candidates and we begin with jan in denver, jan, good evening. >> reporter: well, good evening, jeff, after that landslide victory last night romney has now won three out of the first five state force voting. and with his mum and that campaign organization, it's go stock hard for anyone to stop him now. >> surrounded by thousands of supporters, romney surrounded-- sounded like he already was in a head-to-head matchup with president obama. >> this president's misguided policies made these tough times last longer. >> if i'm elected president my priority will be worrying about your job, not saving
i think they like us believe that iran has to stand down on its nuclear weapons program. >> jeff: for its part, iran warned its neighbors today that it would retaliate against any country that aided an attack on iran's nuclear program. in campaign 2012 now, mitt romney finished well ahead of newt gingrich in the nevada caucuses with ron paul and rick santorum behind them. the gop race moves this week to colorado minnesota, missouri and maine. jan crawford and chip reid are following the...
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this past week the sec gave us our first look at superpac donors. billionaires included. >> reporter: 16 billionaires on the forbes 400, the magazine's list of the richest americans have given to superpacs. 12 gave to the pro romney group restore our future. that includes hotel moguls, bill and richard marriott and wal-mart heirs jim and alice wallton. total, 10 million from donors who gave a million dollars each. one of them is florida energy company president william koch, another is frank vanderslo the united states. mr. obama get a different job. >> reporter: vanderabsolute is also a romney campaign finance co-chairman that illustrates the very close relationship between campaigns and superpacs. according to bill allison of the sunlight foundation. >> really does seem to be blurring the distintions that don't forget llionaire hars and his company donated $8.5 million tothrough superpac, half a million to the pro gingrich superpac winning our future. simmons donations are second only to those from billionaire casino owner sheldon adelson. add e8s
this past week the sec gave us our first look at superpac donors. billionaires included. >> reporter: 16 billionaires on the forbes 400, the magazine's list of the richest americans have given to superpacs. 12 gave to the pro romney group restore our future. that includes hotel moguls, bill and richard marriott and wal-mart heirs jim and alice wallton. total, 10 million from donors who gave a million dollars each. one of them is florida energy company president william koch, another is...
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now the place where 200 used to live is gone. the last resident was evacuated just before molten rock destroyed his home. the girl scouts of america mark their 100th anniversary later this month and among those joining the celebration is 111-year-old those joining the celebration is 111-year-old amelia millie england of new bedford, massachusetts. we noticed this today, she joined her local troop back in 1914. and still considers herself a scout. >> still ahead here, looking backward to save young lives. [ speaking in japanese ] yeah, do you have anything for a headache... like excedrin, ohhh, bayer aspirin... ohh, no no no. i'm not having a heart attack, it's my head. no, bayer advanced aspirin, this is made for pain. [ male announcer ] bayer advanced aspirin has microparticles, enters the bloodstream fast, and safely rushes extra strength relief to the sight of your tough pain. feel better? yeah...thanks for the tip! [ male announcer ] for fast powerful pain relief, use bayer advanced aspirin. but when she got asthma, all i cou
now the place where 200 used to live is gone. the last resident was evacuated just before molten rock destroyed his home. the girl scouts of america mark their 100th anniversary later this month and among those joining the celebration is 111-year-old those joining the celebration is 111-year-old amelia millie england of new bedford, massachusetts. we noticed this today, she joined her local troop back in 1914. and still considers herself a scout. >> still ahead here, looking backward to...
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men followed us. the current occupant closed the gate on us. no one ever told us why. in the nearby city of yannan, we met a friendlier man doing morning exercises. a 59-year-old retired construction worker. he met china's new president back in 1969, a chaotic time, he told us. he did hard, physical work? >> "of course" said there chu." "he herded cows. it was a world away from xi's life in beijing, the pampered child of the elite. he left exile and excelat party's politics. he ran shanghai and its biggest event the 2008 olympics. today, his wife is one of the country's most popular singers. he takes the helm as chine's economy is slowing down and trade tensions with the u.s. are going up. do you think his time here will make him a better leader? "he suffered great hardship. she must have learned from that." xi jinping says whenever he encounters trouble he thinks back to his days here. and nothing seems too difficult. bill whitaker, cbs news, shaanxi province, china. >> pelley: an american company rises from the ashs, a story with a ring to it. next. i've been a super
men followed us. the current occupant closed the gate on us. no one ever told us why. in the nearby city of yannan, we met a friendlier man doing morning exercises. a 59-year-old retired construction worker. he met china's new president back in 1969, a chaotic time, he told us. he did hard, physical work? >> "of course" said there chu." "he herded cows. it was a world away from xi's life in beijing, the pampered child of the elite. he left exile and excelat party's...
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we asked jan crawford to fill us in. jan. >> reporter: well, scott, romney is not calling for immediate, radical change. me would keep perjury income taxes at their current rates for now, but there are several key changes that he says will encourage savings and spur job creation. unlike the other republican plans, romney's is more targeted to the middle class. >> anyone earning under $200,000 a year, i would propose pay no tax whatsoever on their savings. i think the people who have been most hurt in the obama economy should be able to save money tax free. >> reporter: that means romney would eliminate the tax on dividends interest and capital gains only federa for people whe less than $200,000 a year. he would make other changes that would affect all taxpayers, including permanently extending the bush tax cuts which lowered the individual income tax rate. eliminating the estate tax and cutting the corporate tax rate from 35% to 25%. >> thanks, gentlemen. >> reporter: romney says these are just the first wave of reforms,
we asked jan crawford to fill us in. jan. >> reporter: well, scott, romney is not calling for immediate, radical change. me would keep perjury income taxes at their current rates for now, but there are several key changes that he says will encourage savings and spur job creation. unlike the other republican plans, romney's is more targeted to the middle class. >> anyone earning under $200,000 a year, i would propose pay no tax whatsoever on their savings. i think the people who have...
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we are you and you are us. we're together. >> reporter: finally netanyahu expressed appreciation for the president's view that in the end israel has a right to defend itself. >> my supreme responsibility as prime minister of israel subpoena to ensure that israel remains the master of its fate. >> reporter: president obama has spent more time with netanyahu than any other world leader, but they have had a strained relationship in the past over the issue of palestinian statehood. but, scott, today they tried to find some common ground on iran. >> pelley: norah, what is the white house planning next with regard to iran? >> reporter: well, they hope the e.u., european union, follows through on its oil embargo on july 1 and they hope to tone down some of the rhetoric about war that they think is driving up the price of oil and could hurt the president's reelection chances. >> pelley: norah, thank you very much. later in the day today, netanyahu said that he has not made a decision on whether to attack iran. in the p
we are you and you are us. we're together. >> reporter: finally netanyahu expressed appreciation for the president's view that in the end israel has a right to defend itself. >> my supreme responsibility as prime minister of israel subpoena to ensure that israel remains the master of its fate. >> reporter: president obama has spent more time with netanyahu than any other world leader, but they have had a strained relationship in the past over the issue of palestinian...
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unified than they used to be? au reporter: talking to rebels on the ground it's clear there is still no centralized chain of thmmand or coordination among y: cvarious groups one major concern is that because of that vacuum extremists are making their way into syria claiming to act on behalf of the opposition and complicating an already ouristr muddy ago deeply complex lgaration. >> pelley: clarissa, thank you. io another bombing today, at re tt six people were killed in an attack on israeli tourist in bulgaria. it happened in the city of burr us and in addition to the dead orre than 30 were wounded. the israeli prime minister whated iranian agents. senior correspondent john miller orter:en looking into this for ound john, what did you find out? >> reporter: well, scott, since suitcase bombs were found on an israeli tourist bus in bulgaria back in january israeli fficials have warned tourists al be vigilant. today their fears were realized. the bomb tore apart its victims and ripped the roof off the bus. the israel
unified than they used to be? au reporter: talking to rebels on the ground it's clear there is still no centralized chain of thmmand or coordination among y: cvarious groups one major concern is that because of that vacuum extremists are making their way into syria claiming to act on behalf of the opposition and complicating an already ouristr muddy ago deeply complex lgaration. >> pelley: clarissa, thank you. io another bombing today, at re tt six people were killed in an attack on...
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we see gridlock. >> reporter: and the mayor told us gridlock kills jobs. for example, the new plant that makes wind turbine blades can't plan ahead unless congress makes decisions about energy tax credits. so your message to washington is what? >> compromise. move forward. policies that are longer than two months and a year we need to move forward. >> pelley: like a lot of people we've been talking to in iowa, mayor allen and dave mcneer told us they haven't decided who they're going to vote for. winter weather often affects iowa voter turnout, but we are expecting sunshine tomorrow with a high around 40 degrees in des moines. it's another story in the great lakes, though, where a blast of arctic air is delivering heavy snow. as much as two feet of snow is forecast from upper michigan to new york state by tomorrow with lesser amounts as far south as west virginia. on mount rainier, the hunt for a suspected killer comes to a on mount rainier, the hunt for a suspected killer comes to a sudden end when we come back. my moderate to severe erp plaque psoriasis.
we see gridlock. >> reporter: and the mayor told us gridlock kills jobs. for example, the new plant that makes wind turbine blades can't plan ahead unless congress makes decisions about energy tax credits. so your message to washington is what? >> compromise. move forward. policies that are longer than two months and a year we need to move forward. >> pelley: like a lot of people we've been talking to in iowa, mayor allen and dave mcneer told us they haven't decided who...
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>> of course, all of us. >> pelley: charlie tag a joins us just above tahrir square in cairo. charlie, i wonder, what morsi's been on the 1979 peace treaty with israel which the mubarak government has always supported. >> well, in his victory speech last night, scott, morsi said he had a message of peace and that he respects all international agreements without mentioning that 1979 peace accord with israel by name. but analysts say he would have a lot to lose by canceling that agreement, not the least $1.3 billion in u.s. aid for the military here. >> pelley: charlie, thank you. european security officials tonight are warning about a new terror threat. they say that a norwegian man has received terrorist training from al qaeda in yemen and is now awaiting orders to attack the west. the unidentified norwegian, a convert to islam, can travel without visa restrictions. tiebreaker. which of these women will get to go to the olympics? that's next. ♪ [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] introducing zzzquil sleep-aid. [ snoring ] [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] it's not for colds, it's no
>> of course, all of us. >> pelley: charlie tag a joins us just above tahrir square in cairo. charlie, i wonder, what morsi's been on the 1979 peace treaty with israel which the mubarak government has always supported. >> well, in his victory speech last night, scott, morsi said he had a message of peace and that he respects all international agreements without mentioning that 1979 peace accord with israel by name. but analysts say he would have a lot to lose by canceling that...
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then they killed him using a panga. they cut his neck. >> reporter: the 30-minute story is designed to raise awareness of the alleged war crimes of joseph kony, the rebel leader of the lord's resistance army or lra, in uganda. he is accused of kidnapping as many as 30,000 children in the past 26 years. >> turning the girl girl into sx slaves, and the boys into child soldiers. and he forces them to kill their own parents. >> reporter: a san diego-based charity called invisible children produced the video. it went online monday. the charity's web site asked viewers to message 20 celebrities to get them to spread the word about the film. oprah winfrey, ellen degeneres, and ryan seacrest mentionedly the campaign to their millions of followers on twitter and facebook. >> they've been really smart about targeting a set of people, and the celebrities, it's a broad set of celebrities, but what most of the celebrities have in common is a huge social media following. >> reporter: the result-- an african militia leader is now the
then they killed him using a panga. they cut his neck. >> reporter: the 30-minute story is designed to raise awareness of the alleged war crimes of joseph kony, the rebel leader of the lord's resistance army or lra, in uganda. he is accused of kidnapping as many as 30,000 children in the past 26 years. >> turning the girl girl into sx slaves, and the boys into child soldiers. and he forces them to kill their own parents. >> reporter: a san diego-based charity called invisible...
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money but it was not money, he was giving us johnny, he was giving us from his heart. >> worth more than five quarters? >> my lord! >> almost every day, donna asked for children what specific good deed they did that day. johnnie ... will mail moms question tonight. light enters, cbs news, springfield va. >> and that is the cbs evening news for tonight. for all us at cbs news, all around the world, good night. >> good evening, >> right now the wife of suspended san fransisco sherrif ross mirkarimi is giving her testimony and her husband's ethics commission hearing. she got emotional when she described the time that she suggested to ross mirkarimi that they needed couples therapy. joe vasquez is watching the testimony at city hall. >> she arrived just before 5:00 and went in with a small entourage of to the fourth floor and immediately took a stand and now nearly eight months after she wound up with a bruise on her arm, caused by her husband, the sherrif, now suspended, we are finally hearing how she says that happened. >> he grabbed my arm, and i said " stop ". it was one seconds. >>
money but it was not money, he was giving us johnny, he was giving us from his heart. >> worth more than five quarters? >> my lord! >> almost every day, donna asked for children what specific good deed they did that day. johnnie ... will mail moms question tonight. light enters, cbs news, springfield va. >> and that is the cbs evening news for tonight. for all us at cbs news, all around the world, good night. >> good evening, >> right now the wife of...
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using underground tunnels. next on cbs 5 next on cbs 5 >> pelley: finally tonight, it was a friday afternoon in japan, one year ago this weekend, when the earthquake struck. the tsunami it triggered killed at least 16,000 people, and even now, 3,000 are still missing. for survivors, life has forever changed. bill whitaker covered the disaster, and we asked him to go back to the city of sendai. >> reporter: shoji yamada can manage a smile these days. it's taken almost a year. the 65-year-old farmer lost three members of his family, his house on rice paddies in the tsunami. he now lives on social security in cramped temporary housing. when he's by himself, he told us, he still cries. so he goes out with friends to laugh and forget for a while. and what happened to their houses? when we first met him a year ago in a sendai evacuation center, he couldn't stop crying. he had just learned his grandsons and their mother had been swept away by the tsunami. the wave that swept in off the pacific was 25 feet high when it
using underground tunnels. next on cbs 5 next on cbs 5 >> pelley: finally tonight, it was a friday afternoon in japan, one year ago this weekend, when the earthquake struck. the tsunami it triggered killed at least 16,000 people, and even now, 3,000 are still missing. for survivors, life has forever changed. bill whitaker covered the disaster, and we asked him to go back to the city of sendai. >> reporter: shoji yamada can manage a smile these days. it's taken almost a year. the...
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we used back roads and stopped when locals warned us the syrian government tanks were blocking the way ahead. the team took shelter in a local home and prayed. it was night before we were able to try to sneak through. the team turned off the headlights as we raced past the syrian army's check point. thanks be to god, they said, when they were back in the relative safety of rebel held territory. they're building makeshift clinics as fast as they can smuggle supplies across the border with turkey but there is one shortage that they can't overcome. >> you need-- especially -- >> why can't you find more doctors. >> frankly, lots of doctors are scared. >> reporter: for now the best they can do is to spend a few minutes teaching first aid before getting back on the dangerous road to the next village. in the midst of a vicious civil war this lone ambulance suffers people some hope for a better future. >> clarissa has now returned from syria and joins us from our bureau in london. clarissa couldn't help but notice a lot of civilians were being treated by these rebel medics. >> reporter: that's
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for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs i just had it with cable. it just got more frustrating and frustrating. a lot of times, the picture would break up. for the amount of money that i am paying, my cable company should take care of me. [ male announcer ] stop paying for second best. move up to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for our best price online -- just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years. first time we saw tv on fios was amazing! i was just in a trance watching it. i'm discovering new channels every day. [ male announcer ] and here's a special bonus: sign up now and get $300 back with a two-year contract. fios internet -- the speed, you can't compare. i'm able to take care of things much faster now. [ male announcer ] start saving now. move up to fios for our best price online -- $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years and get $300 back with a two-year contract. or ask us about the option of no annual contract. is change good? in this case, change is very good. [ male announcer ]
for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs i just had it with cable. it just got more frustrating and frustrating. a lot of times, the picture would break up. for the amount of money that i am paying, my cable company should take care of me. [ male announcer ] stop paying for second best. move up to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for our best price online -- just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years. first time we saw tv on fios was amazing!...
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for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. today japan is recovering from last year's nuclear disaster. seafood caught near for the first time since the meltdown. only octopus and a type of sea snail were sold, but the tests showed they're not radioactive. we've been talking in the newsroom all day today about an incredible photo finish. have a look at this. allyson felix and jeneba tarmoh in an absolute dead heat for third place in the 100-meter mpic at the u.s. olympic trials on saturday. third place means a spot in the olympics in london but who will get it? they might flip a coin or hold another race. and a remarkable rescue in lake tahoe, california, caught on cape. eyis adventurous bear cub looked more like a monkey after it got locked inside a garage hanging er for dear life. its mother heard the cries and deshed open the garage door. after some coaxing, the cub made its way down a ladder propped again
for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. today japan is recovering from last year's nuclear disaster. seafood caught near for the first time since the meltdown. only octopus and a type of sea snail were sold, but the tests showed they're not radioactive. we've been talking in the newsroom all day today about an incredible photo finish. have a look at...
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roger had just told us that when the chase is on he wouldn't be stopping, even to let you use the bathroom. >> that's the way it works. >> and everyone else just, oh, yeah, note taken, i'm on board. and i'm thinking "why would you do that?" >> it's a once in a lifetime experience. >> reporter: brad is nicole's boyfriend. the trip was his idea. >> most people go on vacation to sit in the sun and we're going on vacation to drive away from it. >> reporter: again, you've got to love weather. and if you do, there's no better seat in the house. that's why about 60% of roger's clients are repeat customers. >> pretty good sized hailstones. that's an intense storm. >> reporter: of course, nicole probably won't be one of them. she gets to pick the next vacation and has already vowed that the only umbrella will be in her pina cola da. steve hartman, "on the road" in aberdeen, south dakota. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, i'm scott pelley. i'll see you sunday with "60 minutes presents." good night. captioning sponsored by cbs ca
roger had just told us that when the chase is on he wouldn't be stopping, even to let you use the bathroom. >> that's the way it works. >> and everyone else just, oh, yeah, note taken, i'm on board. and i'm thinking "why would you do that?" >> it's a once in a lifetime experience. >> reporter: brad is nicole's boyfriend. the trip was his idea. >> most people go on vacation to sit in the sun and we're going on vacation to drive away from it. >>...
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jim axelrod tells us it could lead to new treatments to try to stop it. and anna werner reports something most of us take for granted is growing scarce in the texas drought. >> it's devastating. you don't really know what's going to happen. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. the "c >> pelley: good evening. there is growing talk about a military strike against iran to t op it from developing a nuclear weapon. some of it came from israel's defense minister, and some of it came from u.s. defense secretary leon panetta today. more about all of that now from national security correspondent david martin at the pentagon. >> reporter: defense secretary panetta believes there is strong likelihood israel will strike iran in april, may, or june. that, according to columnist david ignatius, writing shortly after he completed a transatlantic flight with the defense secretary. panetta today did not dispute it. as if to show panetta has cause for concern, israel's defense minister seemed to reject u.s. arguments economic sancti
jim axelrod tells us it could lead to new treatments to try to stop it. and anna werner reports something most of us take for granted is growing scarce in the texas drought. >> it's devastating. you don't really know what's going to happen. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. the "c >> pelley: good evening. there is growing talk about a military strike against iran to t op it from developing a nuclear weapon. some of it came...
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. >> these guys need us. we're here to help. >> petty officer tyler juel spent hours digging out the piers. what does a boat mean to people out here? >> survivalhood. it means everything to them. guys here, all they have is fishing. these boats go down, can't feed their families. can't do anything. >> reporter: those 15 feet of snow contain more than 20 billion gallons of water. folks here now fear flooding and temperatures are expected to plunge to the single digits here by friday so the city is moving as many mountains of snow as it can before they freeze into icebergs. there's so much snow here and there's nowhere left to put it so they actually brought in this snow melt or a barge. they dump the snow in there, it to 150 degrees and then it shoot out as water. where is all the melted snow going? >> out o the inlet. >> reporter: out to the water? >> out to the water. >> reporter: making way for more snow to come. february and fitchburg are two of cordova's snowiest months. ben tracy, cbs news. >> pelley: we
. >> these guys need us. we're here to help. >> petty officer tyler juel spent hours digging out the piers. what does a boat mean to people out here? >> survivalhood. it means everything to them. guys here, all they have is fishing. these boats go down, can't feed their families. can't do anything. >> reporter: those 15 feet of snow contain more than 20 billion gallons of water. folks here now fear flooding and temperatures are expected to plunge to the single digits...
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use caution when driving or operating machinery. common side effects include nausea, trouble sleeping and unusual dreams. with chantix and with the support system it worked. it worked for me. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. we've been reporting on the devastating drought. it still covers more than half of the country, and we wanted to take a closer look so jim axelrod followed the arkansas river across four states and came back with four stories. for his first, jim went to the river's source. >> reporter: high in the colorado rockies is where the trouble starts for millions of affected by this year's devastating drought. these are the head waters of the arkansas river-- the first of 1,469 miles. so we're looking at basically a stream. >> it's probably running about a third of what it usually would be running at this time of the year. >> reporter: gary hanks is a deputy water commissioner for the state. he controls the water supply for two dozen ranchers and farms-- an especially difficult job this yea
use caution when driving or operating machinery. common side effects include nausea, trouble sleeping and unusual dreams. with chantix and with the support system it worked. it worked for me. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. we've been reporting on the devastating drought. it still covers more than half of the country, and we wanted to take a closer look so jim axelrod followed the arkansas river across four states and came back with four stories. for his first,...
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she's joining us in beirut tonight. clarissa, you've been talking today to the people you met inside syria. what are they telling you about a.e situation there? >> reporter: well, we've spoken to some activists on the ground in the city of homs. fey tell us that regime forces have now entered that area of baba amr, which was one of the hardest hit during the last three and a half weeks of bombardment. they say regime forces are now going door to door, that they are arresting any males in the houses there over the age of 12. ree activist also told us that 16 men were killed today as they baied to flee the baba amr area. but, of course, we have no way of independently confirming this information. >> pelley: so how significant is the fall of baba amr today? >> reporter: this is a huge moral blow for the revolution. baba amr and the city of homs are really the beating heart of the revolution, and assad's forces now trumping this as a military and moral victory and hey ng that they have cleansed the city and that it is now a
she's joining us in beirut tonight. clarissa, you've been talking today to the people you met inside syria. what are they telling you about a.e situation there? >> reporter: well, we've spoken to some activists on the ground in the city of homs. fey tell us that regime forces have now entered that area of baba amr, which was one of the hardest hit during the last three and a half weeks of bombardment. they say regime forces are now going door to door, that they are arresting any males in...
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for us tonight. jim. >> reporter: well, scott, the palestinian authority become just the second non-member state designated by the united nations. the vatican is the other. the palestinians are viewing this elevation of status as an historic step, just to have any kind of recognition of statehood. palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas, who was also the first palestinian authority prime minister, rejected last- minute appeals from the united states to reconsider his push for this recognition. >> ( translated ): the united nations general assembly is called upon today to issue the birth certificate of the reality of the state of palestine. >> reporter: now, we are not talking about full status as united nations member nation. that would require the approval of the security council, and the united states has already promised to veto that. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton, scott, is calling today's vote counter-productive and unfortunate and places further obstacles in the path to peace. >
for us tonight. jim. >> reporter: well, scott, the palestinian authority become just the second non-member state designated by the united nations. the vatican is the other. the palestinians are viewing this elevation of status as an historic step, just to have any kind of recognition of statehood. palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas, who was also the first palestinian authority prime minister, rejected last- minute appeals from the united states to reconsider his push for this...
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the government told us that u.s. growth in the second quarter was an anemic 1.7%, but today, the commerce department put out a new estimate showing us it was even less than that, just 1.3%. and this is what caught our attention in the report-- the government said half of the downward revision can be blamed on the drought. it's destroying crops, including the corn in this field le roy, illinois. and on the land clayton arnold has been farming in walker, missouri, for 40 years. a new report today on the drought says it continues to get 5%rse. it now covers 65.5% of the lower 21.5and in 21.5% of that area, the area you see in red, the drought is extreme or exceptional. so we asked anthony mason to dig further into the impact the rtought is having on our economy. t reporter: 90 miles southwest of dallas, in aquilla, texas, the drought has cut back ronnie gerik's cotton crop severely this year. f> it impacted not just myself but all the ag industry. >> reporter: in fact, the government now says the drought is slowing the
the government told us that u.s. growth in the second quarter was an anemic 1.7%, but today, the commerce department put out a new estimate showing us it was even less than that, just 1.3%. and this is what caught our attention in the report-- the government said half of the downward revision can be blamed on the drought. it's destroying crops, including the corn in this field le roy, illinois. and on the land clayton arnold has been farming in walker, missouri, for 40 years. a new report today...
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same medicated pain reliever used by physical therapists. that's chilly. [ male announcer ] new bengay zero degrees. freeze and move on. >> pelley: more than 80% of the continental u.s. is experiencing a drought or close to it. and government forecasters said today don't expect any relief in the heartland any time soon. they predict above average temperatures across the nation's midsection for the next three months. that and below average rainfall will likely extend the drought. these dry conditions are only adding to the risk of wildfires. tonight 21 large wildfires are burning across the west. this month saw the worst fire in colorado history. the 29 square mile waldo canyon fire. it left two people dead and burned 346 homes. it's an example of something we're seeing more often in the west, huge, very hot fires, called megafires. cbs news science and environmental contributor m sanjayan is here to tell us more about the megafire phenomenon. >> scott, drought and climate change are big contributors. but there's one other fact their we've br
same medicated pain reliever used by physical therapists. that's chilly. [ male announcer ] new bengay zero degrees. freeze and move on. >> pelley: more than 80% of the continental u.s. is experiencing a drought or close to it. and government forecasters said today don't expect any relief in the heartland any time soon. they predict above average temperatures across the nation's midsection for the next three months. that and below average rainfall will likely extend the drought. these dry...
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now look at the map the government sent us today. the amount of the country is experiencing extreme or exceptional drought conditions in red has grown from 13% to 20% in just one week. bad news for the stock tank he uses for watering cattle has gone bone dry. we sent sharyl attkisson into the pale dry skies of indiana. >> reporter: david eby has been in the processing business for almost 40 years. >> typically, we have 16 or so airplanes in there to help us. this year we've been doing everything ourselves with our five airplanes. >> reporter: just five airplanes. >> yeah. >> reporter: the corn in this part of indiana is three feet shorter than it should be, so there's less need for crop dusting. 64 counties of the state have been declared drought disaster areas. >> for the farmer to recover from a year like this, with the lost income, it takes a long time to rebuild that income base so they can support other operations, like ourselves. >> reporter: today's report says 63% of the u.s. is in some stage of drought. temperatures have bee
now look at the map the government sent us today. the amount of the country is experiencing extreme or exceptional drought conditions in red has grown from 13% to 20% in just one week. bad news for the stock tank he uses for watering cattle has gone bone dry. we sent sharyl attkisson into the pale dry skies of indiana. >> reporter: david eby has been in the processing business for almost 40 years. >> typically, we have 16 or so airplanes in there to help us. this year we've been...
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police tell us an officer was forced to shoot a suspect. it happened just a short time ago on fourth vote in southeast and we are told that that suspect was taken to the hospital in critical condition. we've got a crew on the way to the scene and we'll have more on that story as soon as we get that information from out in the field. >>> 40 years behind bars, that's what a self-admitted kidnapper could get after entering a guilty plea today in montgomery county. his wild actions led police on a chase through four counties and it was all caught on the dashboard camera. our ken molestina live in montgomery now with more on the plea and the shocking video just out today. ken?
police tell us an officer was forced to shoot a suspect. it happened just a short time ago on fourth vote in southeast and we are told that that suspect was taken to the hospital in critical condition. we've got a crew on the way to the scene and we'll have more on that story as soon as we get that information from out in the field. >>> 40 years behind bars, that's what a self-admitted kidnapper could get after entering a guilty plea today in montgomery county. his wild actions led...